How do you follow up last week’s double-whammy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and DOOM 64? Not with Ubisoft’s paring of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, that’s for sure. Thankfully there are plenty of other games hitting the UK Switch eShop this week. An intriguing bunch, in fact. Panzer Dragoon: Remake has appeared out of …
I am Sisyphus. Doomed to push a rock up a hill for all eternity, watch it fall and roll it back up. My rock is the Dual Brain series of games. I review one, scrambling to hit a word count whilst describing six simple mini games. Then they release a new one, and I go …
There was a time when strategy games were seldom seen on consoles, shunned by publishers who favoured more action-oriented affairs. This week is proof anything goes nowadays. Between the PS4 and Xbox One, no less than four tactical turn-based games are due out. While this may sound like overkill, they’re all quite different from one …
Even though supermarkets were limiting purchases of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to three per customer (hoo hoo!), the island getaway package has achieved great things. Not only is it the UK’s new no.1, tearing ahead of DOOM Eternal, but according to GI.biz it’s also the fastest-selling Switch game so far. Well, the best singular game …
As you’re no doubt aware by now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is great. It’s full of wit, beautiful to look at and unabashedly Nintendo. Sadly, it also shows just how convoluted Nintendo’s online functionality is. I wanted my friend to come to my town so we could swap fruit. My island is lush with pears; …
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ launch is impeccably timed, arriving at a time when people desperately need a form of escapism. You’ll find no better way than embarking on Tom Nook’s package holiday; a voyage to a remote location with no nightmarish supermarkets. As noted in our review round-up, we were surprised by the number of …
Many would be content if DOOM Eternal simply offered more of the same. Rather than retread old ground, however, id Software has built on DOOM 2016’s sturdy foundation by adding new ideas and mechanics while exploring the franchise’s mythology. It’s a bold (and brash) attempt to deepen the experience, but some critics claim the new …
Some gaming pundits would have you believe DOOM Eternal is first ‘AAA’ title of the year. We’d argue that Sony’s Dreams, which was in development for most of this generation, holds that accolade. Still, there is a degree of logic here – chances are DOOM’s marketing budget alone eclipses the development costs of the recent …
While it was pretty much a given that Animal Crossing: New Horizons would gain glowing reviews, we must confess to being surprised by just how glowing they are – it has received top marks from a dozen gaming outlets, including VG247, God is a Geek, and The Telegraph. We certainly didn’t expect to see Eurogamer …
PS4 exclusive Nioh 2 had a successful launch, debuting at no.1 in the UK chart – something the 2017 original wasn’t able to achieve despite also launching at a quiet time of year. Both Ori and the Will of the Wisps and My Hero One’s Justice 2 had to settle for positions outside the top …
This week’s biggest PS4 and Xbox One games have been overshadowed somewhat by the surprise release of the potentially colossal Call of Duty: Warzone. It’s business as usual for the Switch eShop, however, with the usual assortment of indie games, JRPGs, retro re-releases, and belated conversions. The full price Langrisser I & II bundle brings …
Reviews of Team Ninja’s Nioh 2 are full of praise. Not only has it been called “the best Soulslike that isn’t a FromSoftware game†by PS4 outlet PSU, but also a possible GOTY contender. Word has it Team Ninja has carefully picked which areas to refine and expand on, resulting in a masterful experience, albeit …
Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches on Xbox One and PC today, behind the first major Microsoft Studios release in quite some time. Reviews are full of praise, to the point where the artsy Metroidvania has gained favourable comparisons to genre high notes Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. In fact, of …
Like a pirate ship plummeting towards Davy Jones’ locker, this swashbuckling RPG has been through the wars. It was originally released on PC in 2016 before being converted to mobile a year later, presumably receiving a rejigged interface. Some three years on, it sails onto the good ship PlayStation 4. But rather than being a …
We imagine the developers and publishers behind this week’s releases carefully picked this week to launch their titles in order to avoid next Friday’s double whammy of DOOM Eternal and Animal Crossing. If that’s the case, then they have our sympathies – Activision is about to launch the potentially massive free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone. …
